Background
Agricultural products circulation was a key factor for agricultural economic development. Agricultural products circulation was based on the agricultural products logistics (Liu, 2011). Therefore, the operation of the agricultural products logistics had influence on agricultural economics. According to Liu, agricultural products logistics information systems improved the efficiency of the operation of the agricultural products logistics. The agricultural products logistics information systems offered high efficiency of the communication structure and logistics operation to make sure agricultural products logistics developed continually (Fu, 2009).Agricultural products logistics information systems were the necessary parts for agricultural products logistics. Modern logistics contained the ideas of the agricultural products logistics information systems (Qin, 1991). The agricultural products logistics information systems used computers, the Internet, and modern information technologies to achieve standardized operation, agricultural products sharing and exchanging, agricultural products information service and the service platform.
Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems allowed Aision to share agricultural logistics information and the functions of agricultural logistics information systems with other agricultural logistics companies and customers. Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems collected the shared data from other systems to support their agricultural products logistics information systems. At the same time, Aision's agricultural products information systems also complied with Chinese government policies and established the platform, which was convenient for the Chinese government to supervise and manage Aision. For Aision, their agricultural products logistics information systems connected each department with other agricultural products logistics, manufacturers, and the Chinese government to share the data and realize low cost data sharing (S. Shaozheng, Personal communications, June 19, 2015).
The agricultural products logistics information systems also had the advantages of optimizing social resources and adjusting the economic structure. The main functions of agricultural products information systems are (Fu, 2009):
1. Connecting agricultural products companies to share and exchange information.
2. Using systems to collect customers' information to optimize logistics resources and provide central control in order to offer the best service.
3. Giving customers comprehensive agricultural information and offering personalized service.
Reasons for Selecting this Topic and Aision
The agricultural products logistics information systems offered high efficiency of the communication structure and logistics operation to make sure agricultural products logistics developed continually (Fu, 2009).
The author of this project report was Technology Management student with an Information Systems Area of Emphasis. He had work experiences in Aision, which was an agricultural products logistics company, and found some problems with Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems. This project was a means to further investigate issues and share recommendations with the company.
Aision was an agricultural products logistics information systems Company that started in Xinjiang, China in 2012 The Company focused on agricultural products logistics systems. The company had the ability to develop . However, Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems needed to optimize with Aision's development .
Aision was committing to promote the innovation and development of social modern agricultural products logisticsinformation systems.
Aision's Vision:
Aision'ssystems was to be a social trust agricultural products logistics system in the agricultural products logistics industry.
Problem Statements
Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems needed to optimize. Thefunctions of Aision's systems needed to be added and updated (S. Shaozheng, Personal communications, June 24, 2015).
Literature Review
Agricultural products logistics information systems had four goals. They were the cost reduction, the increase efficiency, the upgrade industries, and the improvement of ability (Luo & Liu, 2007). The cost reduction meant reducing the process of agricultural logistics to improve the efficiency. The increase efficiency meant increasing the efficiency of management. The upgrade industries focused on integration of information. The improvement of ability meant improving the abilities of supervision and services.
The Main Construction Contents
Agricultural products logistics information systems contained the two supports, the five main technologies, and the seven kinds of platforms (Luo & Liu, 2007). The project focused on Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems, so it is necessary to know the Aision's two supports, the Aision's five main technologies and the Aision's seven kinds of platforms. The two supports were the coding analysis service center and the supply chain search service center (Yang, 2012). The coding analysis service center of Aision were a service system of network. It was based on the data of Aision and the data of Aision' agricultural product. The coding analysis center of Aision focused on the security management and Aision's agricultural products. It was also used for the E-government services and the security management of epitaxial sub-platform. The supply chain search service center was based on company information database and logistics process information database (Yang, 2012). Aision's supply chain search center was used for the data exchange between agricultural products information and system, agricultural products logistics process tracking, and agricultural products logistics information analysis service. Zhou and Ji (2003) said the five main technologies were the agricultural products coding standard, the information exchange system, information security technology, Internet of Things, and Cloud computing.Internet of Things was a blending of software and hardware, introducing intelligence and connectedness to objects and adding physical endpoints to software (Fleisch, 2010).Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources(Mell&Grance, 2011).It was a complex work to establish Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems and this work needed the technology support. Aision's agricultural products coding was a basis for Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems and contained the standard of Aision's agricultural products classification and the standard of agricultural products logistics information coding. Aision's exchange system worked for data transfer and exchange. Aision's information security technology was used for the security of information. The Internet of Things offered the Network Communication. Cloud computing of Aision offered computing services. The systems could process millions data in several seconds via cloud computing to supplyservices. The seven kinds of platforms were the road platform, the railway platform, the aviation platform, the cross-border platform, the logistics park platform, the financial service platform, the comprehensive platform (Zhou &Ji, 2003). Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems worked with the seven kinds of platforms to collect information and analyze data.
The Systems Framework Design
The structure of agricultural products logistics information system contained the application framework, the technology framework, , the function framework, and the network framework . The systems framework was important part for information systems. Therefore, understanding the Aision's systems framework design would help the project solve the problems.
For the application framework, agricultural products logistics information systems was not only used for company but also used for other areas include the logistics infrastructure supply departments, the governments and the financial service departments to share and exchange the information. Agricultural products logistics information systems had all information about the manufacture, the transport, the package, the warehouse, the process, the distribution and the sale. These information were transmitted fast and accurate to every organization which was contained by the agricultural products logistics information systems (Wang 2009). The project could follow the application framework to find what should be added and updated for Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems.
For the technology framework, agricultural products logistics information systems contained three main technologies. They are the SQL (structured query language) server resolution service, the search service, and data service (Wang 2009). These technologies would give the technology supports for the project.
For the administrative framework, had the area class, the state class, the city class, the district class, and the county class in order to satisfy the needs of different class government (Wang 2009). Therefore, agricultural products logistics information systems was devised for three levels, the stated level, the city level, and the county level. The function of state level focused on information exchange and data analysis. The function of city level focused on node setting and linking the infrastructures. The function of county level focused on application accessing. Understanding the administrative framework was useful the investigation process of the project.
For , the agricultural products logistics information systems were divided by three levels, the basic level, the network level, and the application level (Wang 2009). The basic level was used for establishing the standard data and the search service to set up the center control. The governments could offer the fast, cheap, and easy service via the basic level. The network level was used for setting up the regional network, the regional communication network, and the network node. The application level is based on the seven kinds of platform. The application level set up and combined the road platform, the railway platform, the aviation platform, the cross-border platform, the logistics park platform, the financial service platform, the various combined platform to improve the quality of application and service of agricultural products logistics information systems. The application level was good for the data sharing and exchanging and the application extending. The function framework was necessary for the project because the project aimed to add and upgrad the Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems.
The network framework had influence on the service quality of systems, the security of systems, and the stability of systems (Wang 2009). The agricultural products logistics information systems used the distributed database technology and cloud computing technology to make sure the stability and security of systems. Then, the agricultural products logistics information systems combined used each node to share and exchange the data via
The Main Node Establishment
Agricultural products logistics information systems was the comprehensive information systems. Agricultural products logistics information systems combined the governments, the logistics departments, the financial departments, and the enterprises to offer the one-step service and the data exchange. Therefore, the agricultural products logistics information systems required the stable, the safe, and the manageable
The Internet of Things was established by the "points" and use the "lines" to operate. The development strategy of the Internet of Thing was the "faces" development and the application coverage. The "points" was referred to the information hinge of each city, each logistics center, and each distribution center. The "lines" was linking each "point" to be the information network. The "faces" contained information network, the traffic network, and the logistics network.
All the information were gathered in the main node and the main node was the basis for the data exchange. The main node should have three abilities that were the ability of standard, the ability of computing, and the ability of network access. The ability of standard contained the standard service, the standard technology, the standard information, and the standard management. The standard service was a key factor because the main node should offer a series of services for organizations. The standard technology, the standard infestation, and the standard management supported the standard service.The computing ability contained the interface module, the data exchange module, security module, and information service module. The abilities of network access were the wired access and the wireless access. The wired access included optical fiber and ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop). The wireless access included the GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), the WIFI (Wireless Fidelity), the CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). The main node could offered the background information of data exchange for the project. The project could solve the data exchange problem via the main node.
The System Function Design
The design of agricultural products logistics information systems' functions should follow the needs of the governments, the logistics enterprises, and the customers. The agricultural products logistics information systems not only offered operate functions but should also have responsibility to share and exchange information for the governments (Xu & Fu, 2004).
The business function of agricultural products logistics information systems managed agriculture products supply chain. The automatic identification technology and the resolution service were based on the sensor. In the automatic identification technology, the bar code technology was low cost and could satisfy the marketing needs. Except the bar code technology, the IC (Integrated Circuit) card technology was also used, but it was a higher cost than the bar code technology (Yin 2011). The RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Devices) technology used radio frequency way to identify via un-touch way. The RFID improved the speed of collecting and processing the information. The RFID also had the characters about the high accuracy, the high capacity of acclimatization and anti-interference, and the easy operation, so the RFID was used generally. Now, the RFID technology, the wireless technology and the sensor technology established the basis of the Internet of Things (You 2004).
In the path tracking and service monitoring function, the RTLS (Real Time Location Systems) technology was general used. As the development of communication technology and Internet technology, the GPS (Global Position System) technology and the GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technology were widely used. The agricultural logistics enterprises and the customers could use the GPS/GIS to track products or vehicles via the Internet, so the GPS/GIS improved the agricultural logistics enterprises and the customers' management efficiency and service quality via technology supporting. Then, RTLS technology was combined with RFID technology to establish the Internet of Things to offer the customers digital service.
The economic co-operation function of agricultural products logistics information systems was based on the B2C (Business to Customer), the G2C (Government to Citizen), and the EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) (Lv, 2008). The agricultural products logistics information systems connected the platforms of the customs, the commodity inspection, the foreign exchange organization, the tax administration, and the foreign trade organization to share and exchange the data in order to cooperate with each organization.
The service of supply chain resource optimize was based on the database technology and web research technology. The agricultural products logistics information systems met the customer's needs via the low cost, the fast, and the convenient. However, the needs of customers were changing, so the enterprises should follow the needs of customers to work with the purchase, the design, and the production. For this reason, the market require enterprises should have the strong purposiveness. The enterprises should have market investigation before the production. The agricultural products logistics information systems used GIS platform and the track-identify technology to realize the automation, the modernization, the rationalization and the simplification (Li 2005).
For the above functions of agricultural products information systems, the basic functions should have two parts, the basic part and the value-added function. The basic function contained the comprehensive information service function, the data exchange function, the logistics business function, the uniform settlement function, the security control function and the optimize function. The value-added function contained the application hosting function, the tracking service function, the supply chain management function, and the e-commerce function.The comprehensive information service function could satisfy the customers' different needs. The data exchange function was use to solve the different format data exchange, the problems of information share and unstable systems operation. The data exchange function had responsibility for identifying the standard of information collecting, information processing and information storing to solve the different format data exchange and exchange the data. The logistics business function should make sure the truth and the non-repudiation of the traders to protect the benefit between in the traders. On the other hand, the security of paying online was a problem for the agricultural products logistics information systems, so the logistics business function contained the safety certification, the E-booking, the E-payment, the settle accounts, the online insurance, and the pay tax online. The security control function was used for the online identity authentication, the access rights classification to satisfy the security requirements of systems. The optimize function offered the data cleaning, the BI (Business Intelligence), the DM (Data Mining), and the process optimize service for the users to improve the efficiency of the business. The tracking service function helped users track the products and the vehicles to improve the quality of management and service. The tracking service was also an important part of the value-added function. The uniform settlement function supported the settlement of the products, the material, the assets, and the project via the data of the contracts, the payments. The application hosting function could offer the own system service for other companies to get more benefits. The supply chain management function contained the electronic management of the warehouse and the purchase, and the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). The e-commerce function had the function of online payment and online trading. The project would focus on the function of Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems, so the systems function design would supply ideas for adding and updating Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems.
Technology Maps
Technology is the basis for the project. The Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems needed to optimize via technology support, so understanding the technology is necessary. Establishing agricultural products logistics information systems needed a complete demand analysis. From business strategic to information strategic, the resource development should be prepensely and methodizing. The technical model was divided by five levels. They are the application level, the platform level, the support level, the data level, and the infrastructure level. The core level was the platform level (Luo 2007). The information security identification was the core of the security strategy of agricultural products logistics information systems, so the security systems took the comprehensive encryption technology, the hierarchical identity-based encryption, and the access control to supply the information systems protection. The security systems also had the security check to find the potential risk of the agricultural products logistics information systems to transform the passive defense to the active defense. When the security systems found the abnormality, the systems would take quickly the information protection via the security strategy (Li & Zhang, 2012).
The systems technology framework was divided by four levels. They were the system level, the service level, the application level, and the show level. The systems level contained the hardware platform and the software platform. The service level the support level and the universal level. In the support level consist of the AS (Application Server), the portal server, the workflow middleware, the application integration middleware, and the message-oriented middleware. The application level had many application systems and the basis of the application level was the applied components. The application level supply the users for the different application systems via business process functions. The show level showed the graphical interfaces for the users and contained the HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and the form to show the data in any system. The show level deal with the affairs and the business process via the defined work process and the port (Yuan 2003).
The system development of the agricultural products logistics information systems should followed a series of the standards for the services, the communications, the securities, the platform ports, the data exchange and the networks. The framework standard of the agricultural products logistics information systems contained the service standard, the technology standard, the information standard, and the management standard. In these standards, the service standard is the most important and the other standards support the service standard (Chen 2008).
The service standard had the basic service of the agricultural products logistics data exchange and the value-added service of the enterprise' management. The basic service of the agricultural products logistics data exchange contained the information publish, the data routing, the translation and conversion, the identity authentication, and the data encryption. The basic service worked with exchanged server. The value-added service was based on the exchange server and was commercially-viable service. The value-added service contained the products tracking, the ISMG (Internet Short Message Gateway), the cooperative service, and the credit. The technology standard had the standard of agricultural products logistics classification and coding and the standard of agricultural products logistics information collection. The standard of agricultural products logistics classification and coding was the basis of establishing the agricultural products logistics information systems. The classification of the standard of agricultural products logistics classification had the GPC (Global Products Classification), the CPC (China Products Classification), and the HS (Harmonized System) coding. The standard of agricultural products logistics information collection had the bar code technology, and the RFID technology.
The information standard had the agricultural products logistics data element data, the agricultural products logistics business information exchange specification, and the standard of agricultural products logistics documents.The agricultural products logistics data element data contained the structure of the data elements, the classification method, the hierarchical relation, the analysis, the name, the mark, the structure of the data, the EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and the XML (Extensive Markup Language). The standard of agricultural products logistics documents was all the receipts, the bills, and the certifications.
The management standard used the standard of the EPC (Economic and Planning Council) and set up the EPC access standard, the RPC registration standard, the EPC database management standard, and the EPC security standard.
The security was a necessary and complex factor for the agricultural products information systems. The agricultural products information systems security consisted of the physical security, the network security, the systems security, and the platform security (Chen & Zhang, 2009). The physical security used physical isolation to protect network safe. The network security took the fire wall, the IDS (Intrusion Detect System), and the VPN (Virtual Private Networks) to protect the information from being stolen, tampered, and copied. The systems security maintained the security of operation systems.The systems security took measures to reduce the risk. The platform security maintained the flow data security of the platform to make the business work safe, normal and orderly.
The design of the database used the distributed database. In the distributed database, the agricultural products data were divided to store in each site. For example, the systems would put often-used data into the center databases. The often-used data regarded as the management information, the capital flow information, and the products information. Then, the systems put the others data into the sub-databases. The sub-databases could manage the data independently. The center databases and the sub-databases constituted the distributed database. The distributed database was stable and available. The distributed database had the homogeneous DDBS (Distribution Database System) and the heterogeneous DDBS. In the homogeneous DDBS, the center databases and the sub-databases were the same database model. In the heterogeneous DDBS, the center databases the sub-databases had the different database model (Tan, Kang, & Li, 2006).
The RFID technology was core of the active information management systems. With the RFID technology, the systems formed the digital information data flow from the agricultural products, the tools, and the processes. Then, the agricultural products logistics information systems put these the digital information data into the platforms to share and exchange. However, the limitation of the label cost, the capacity, and the technology made the systems could not store all the information into the RFID. Therefore, the systems only put the part of active information into the RFID and the other information were put into the every sub-system. As the RFID moving, the sub-system get the data in RFID and constituted the whole data. The agricultural products logistics information systems used the GPS, the GIS, and the RFID to collect, integrate, and manage the information. The active information management technology was a key technology for the agricultural products logistics information systems (Lu 1994).
Research Methods
In order to develop a valuable project, this project formulated the research problems about Aision'sagricultural products logistics information systems through Literature Review. Then, this project identified the defects of Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems in China. Finally, this project was based on the defects to build a strategic plan for AisionviaDavid's 12 Steps (David, 2013).
David's 12 Steps:
1. Identify existing vision/mission
2. Develop new vision/mission
3. Identify External Audit Factors
4. Create a Competitive Profile Matrix
5. Construct an External Factor Evaluation Matrix (EFE)
6. Identify Internal Audit Factors
7. Construct an Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix (IFE)
8. Prepare SWOT, SPACE, and QSPM matrices.
9. Recommend strategies and long-term objectives
10. Identify how recommendation can be implemented
11. Recommend annual objectives and policies
12. Recommend strategy review and evaluation
To understand strategic planning, a basic definition was needed. Strategic planning was the combination of what the company in question does, who the clients were, and what advantages the company had in respective market segment. The end deliverable of the strategic planning process consisted of examining current internal and external corporate practices, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and development of situational strategies and alternatives to produce a comprehensive strategic plan for to achieve short and long term objectives. Business Development Enterprises (BDE) was operating under an assumptive position. The following information contained BDE's assumed position based upon information gathered through discussions with company owners and in no way reflected historical data.
Results
Aision's Mission is committing to promote the innovation and development of social modern agricultural products logistics information systems.Aision's Vision is to be a social trust agricultural products logistics system in the agricultural products logistics industry.
External forces can be divide into five broad categories: economic forces; social, cultural, demographic, and natural environment forces; political, governmental, and legal forces; technological forces; and competitive forces (David, 2013). The project follows these five forces to investigate, research, and analyze. Then, the project shows the results of these five forces.
Economic Forces
China takes part in World Trade Organization (WTO). Many international agricultural products logistics information companies comes to China and the market of agricultural products logistics information systems are open for international companies (Wang & Cao, 2004). To interview the owner of Aision, the project lists a table about advantages and disadvantages of WTO forAision (Z. Jun, Personal interview, June 6, 2015).
Table 1 Advantages and Disadvantages of WTO for Aision
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Advantages
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Disadvantages
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Leads to more exports
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Leads to improveAision's cost.
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Leads to lower imports.
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Leads to improve the cost of employees.
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Makes Chinese products cheaper to foreign consumers.
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Can weaken Aision.
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Encourages Aision to globalize
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Can lose the market of agricultural products logistics systems.
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Encourages foreigners to visit Aision.
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Improve the benefits when Aision do business outside China.
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Leads to more foreign investment for Aision.
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Chinese government supports Aision.
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Improve the credit of Aision for foreigners.
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Leads to enlarge the market of agricultural products logistics systems.
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Social, Cultural, and Natural Environment Forces
Aision has the investigations about the influence of Social, Culturaland Natural Environment Forces on Aision (Z. Jun, Personal interview, June 6, 2015).
Table 2 Advantages and Disadvantages of Social, Culturaland Natural Environment Forces for Aision
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Advantages
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Disadvantages
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People needs agricultural products logistics information systems to make sure agricultural products which they buy are reliable.
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People do not have habits to use agricultural products logistics information systems
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People have good attitudes toward Aision's agricultural products logisticsinformation systems.
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Most of Older do not use information systems.
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People uses internet more and more
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Agricultural products logistics informationsystems makes people lose their jobs.
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More and more women uses agricultural products logistics information systems to check the agricultural products which they buy.
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Agricultural products logistics informationsystems needs the people who has high level of education.
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The investors are interested in agricultural products logisticsinformation systems.
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Agricultural products logistics information systems improve the quality of agricultural products
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Agricultural products logistics informationsystems decreases the use of paper.
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Agricultural products logistics informationsystems decreases the use of labors
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Agricultural products logistics informationsystems improves the quantity of technologic people.
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Agricultural products logistics informationsystems has the social responsibility for people.
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Technological Forces
Technological forces represent major opportunities and threats that must be considered in formulating strategies (David, 2013). Therefore, the project contains the investigation of technology forces for Aision (Z. Shaoshan, Personal interview, June 12, 2015).
Table 3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology Forces for Aision
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Advantages
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Disadvantages
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The improvement of technology requires Aision's workers have high level of education.
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The improvement of technology makes Aision's workers lose their jobs.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics informationsystems increases the speed of distribution.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics informationsystems is important, but it is less important than market share, market size, and monitoring distributors.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics informationsystem creates the new service.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics information is changing all the time.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics informationsystems erases limitations of traditional geographic markets.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics information needs long time test and update to use.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics informationsystems redefines the relationship between Aision and suppliers, customers, and competitors.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics informationcreates the shorter production runs.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics information is useful for Aision's management.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics information is convenient for customers.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics information is benefit for retail sale.
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Technology of agricultural products logistics information improve the quality of products.
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Political, Government, and Legal Force
Political, government and legal factors can represent key opportunities ot threats for both small and large organizations (David, 2013). Aision is Chinese company, so political, government, and legal force is necessary to analyze. The project gets the results via the owner of Aision in June 14th, 2015.
Table 4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Political, Government, and Legal Forcefor Aision
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Advantages
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Disadvantages
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Government supervises Aision's agricultural products logistics information systems.
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Government controls some data about Aision.
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Government has policies to encourage the development of agricultural products logistics information systems
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Government has managers to operate Aision' agricultural products logistics information systems.
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Government has budgets about 20 million dollars to optimize Aision'sagricultural products logistics information systems
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Government only support 20 million dollars for Aision' agricultural products logistics information systems.
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Government supply technological supports for Aision' agricultural products logistics information systems
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Some functions of Aision' agricultural products logistics information systems are useful for government.
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Aision can submit the problems about systems immediately to government.
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Government help advertises Aision'sagricultural products logistics information systems
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Competitive Forces
Collecting and evaluating information on competitors is essential for successful strategy formulation (David, 2013). Aision collects information about competitors via investigation, research, and analysis (Z. Shaoshan, Personal interview, June 12, 2015). The project shows the results about advantages and disadvantages of Competitive Forcesfor Aision.
Table 5an Actual Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM)for Aision
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Aision
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Tiantian
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Haihong
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Critical Success Factor
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Weight
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Rating
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Score
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Rating
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Score
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Rating
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Score
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Advertising
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0.08
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1
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0.08
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2
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0.16
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2
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0.16
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Customer Service
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0.09
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3
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0.27
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2
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0.18
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2
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0.18
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Price
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0.05
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2
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0.10
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1
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0.05
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3
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0.15
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Management Expertise
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0.14
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1
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0.14
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3
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0.42
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2
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0.28
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Product Quality
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0.07
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3
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0.21
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4
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0.28
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3
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0.21
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Technology
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0.15
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2
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0.30
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3
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0.45
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2
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0.30
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Financial Position
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0.06
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4
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0.24
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2
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0.12
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3
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0.18
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Customer Loyalty
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0.13
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4
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0.52
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3
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0.39
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2
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0.26
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Market Share
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0.14
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2
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0.28
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4
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0.56
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2
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0.28
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Sales Distribution
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0.09
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3
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0.27
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3
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0.27
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1
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0.09
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Total
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1.00
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2.41
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2.88
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2.18
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From table 5, Tiantian is strongest. Haihong is weakest. Aision is middle between Tiantian and Haihong.
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